Any runner ( s ) who tags his base and reaches home plate is scored against the pitcher as an earned run ( s ).

A runner who reaches on catcher's interference and subsequently scores with two outs scores an unearned run, but baserunners who subsequently score after the runner who has reached on catcher's interference exclusively on clean plays score earned runs ; the baserunner cannot be assumed to have been put out except for the error.

A pitcher is only charged with the number of runners that reached base while he was pitching, and this does not include baserunners who reach base as the result of a fielder's choice play that removes an existing runner ; such a runner is charged to the pitcher whose baserunner has been removed by the fielder's choice play.

They do carry an inherent risk, however, as they give the offensive team another runner on base, without any effort on their part, who could potentially score a run.

:: Rule 10. 05 ( a )( 2 ) Comment: The official scorer shall credit a hit if the fielder attempting to handle the ball cannot make a play, even if such fielder deflects the ball from or cuts off another fielder who could have put out a runner.

:( 2 ) batter apparently hits safely and a runner who is forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner fails to touch the first base to which such runner is advancing and is called out on appeal.

:( 3 ) pitcher, the catcher or any infielder handles a batted ball and puts out a preceding runner who is attempting to advance one base or to return to his original base, or would have put out such runner with ordinary effort except for a fielding error.

* A runner who is already on base scores on the play.

When the ball crosses the plate the runner breaks for second base, and is essentially stealing the base on the middle infielders who have not covered second base.

Successful teams often combine both styles, with a speedy runner or two complementing hitters with power, such as the 2005 White Sox, who despite playing " small ball ", still hit 200 home runs that season.

In short, shall include all bases made by a clean steal, or through a wild throw or muff of the ball by a fielder who is directly trying to put the base runner out while attempting to steal.

A stolen base would be awarded to runners who successfully stole second base as a part of a double steal with a man on third, if the other runner failed to steal home, but instead was able to return safely to third base.

Finally, for 1950 only, runners would be credited with a stolen base if they were " well advanced " toward the base they were attempting to steal ", and the pitcher is charged with a balk, with the further exception of a player attempting to steal, who would otherwise have been forced to advance on the balk by a runner behind them.

Evers brought this to the attention of the umpire that day, Hank O ' Day, who after some deliberation called the runner out.

Dyson has six children, two of them ( Esther and George ) with his first wife, mathematician Verena Huber-Dyson, and the other four with his second wife, Imme Dyson, a masters runner who married him in 1958.

For example if a runner on first base reached third base on a single, it would count as a steal.

In 1887, the stolen base was given its own individual statistical column in the box score, and was defined for purposes of scoring: "... every base made after first base has been reached by a base runner, except for those made by reason of or with the aid of a battery error ( wild pitch or passed ball ), or by batting, balks or by being forced off.

After that runner was caught stealing, no other batter reached base.

Likewise, the pitcher is recorded as having given up a hit, a run for each runner that scores including the batter, and an earned run each for the batter and for all baserunners who did not initially reach base on error, except that the runs scored by any runners who reached base while facing an earlier pitcher are charged to that pitcher.

Sánchez issued no walks ( the only runner reached on an error by third baseman Juan Uribe ) and struck out a career-high eleven hitters in the game, which was also his first major league complete game and shutout and the first no-hitter ever thrown at AT & T Park.

The game report in the New York Times states, " Hoyt gave a remarkable performance of his pitching skill, and from the fourth inning to the thirteenth he did not allow a hit and not a Yankee runner reached first base.

The runner up, Eric Willet, reached only 86. 33 points.

) if a runner who is between bases or has not reached a base to which he is forced is put out by a defensive player in possession of the ball.

If the other runner is successfully put out for the third out, FC is recorded for the batter-runner regardless of whether he had already reached first base ( if the other runner was forced out, the batter is described as grounding into a force play ).

This negative effect on the batter's statistics is justified by the fact that, although he has reached base safely, his team's position has worsened ; it has incurred an out without advancing or scoring a runner.

If a preceding runner is forced out or if an unforced preceding runner is put out while attempting to return to their original base, a hit is automatically not credited and the batter by rule is judged to have reached by a fielder's choice.

If the defense attempts to put out a preceding runner during the play, the official scorer must determine whether the batter would have reached second or third base safely had the defense attempted to limit the batter's advance.

Veteran first basemen are known to pull off the bag early on close plays to convince the umpire that the ball reached his glove before the runner reached first base.

A runner who reached fourth base safely was said to have achieved a round or tally.

Fielders have the right to appeal any runner at any base he has reached or passed, at any time while the ball is alive, subject to the following restrictions:

The ball is immediately dead, and all runners are awarded the base that the umpire judges the runners would have reached without the obstruction ; however, the obstructed runner must be awarded at least one base.

While play continues, the umpire privately decides what base the obstructed runner would have reached without the obstruction.

* FC — Fielder's choice: times reaching base safely because a fielder chose to try for an out on another runner

For example, a runner on first base advances to second on a passed ball.

Since the runner would now have been at second anyway, the passed ball no longer has any impact on the earned / unearned calculation.

* A batter or runner advances one or more bases on an error or passed ball and scores on a play that would otherwise not have provided the opportunity to score.

For example, with two outs, a runner on third base scores on a passed ball.

In the top of the 10th inning, with a runner on second base, Baltimore pitcher Todd Williams was signaled to intentionally walk the Marlins ' Miguel Cabrera.

The hit is scored the moment the batter reaches first base safely-if the runner is put out while attempting a double or triple on the same play, he still gets credit for the hit.

* The batter is put out because an outfielder ( or an infielder running in the outfield, or foul territory ) catches the ball on the fly ( alternatively if the batter would have been out if not for an error or if the outfielder drops the ball and another runner is put out ).

:( 1 ) runner is forced out by a batted ball, or would have been forced out except for a fielding error ;

Note that, although rarely occurring, if a runner tags and advances from second base ( or, theoretically, from first base ) all the way to home and scores ( without an intervening error ) the batter is credited with a sacrifice fly.

" The next year, it was clarified that any attempt to steal must be credited to the runner, and that fielders committing errors during this play must also be charged with an error.

There was clarification that a runner is credited with a steal if the attempt began before a battery error.

Power was given to the official scorer, in the event of a muff by the catcher in throwing, that in the judgment of the scorer the runner would have been out, to credit the catcher with an error, and not credit the runner with a stolen base.

Also, a batter-runner reaching first base on a play due to a fielder's error trying to put him out at first base or another runner out ( as a fielder's choice ) is not credited with a single.

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay ( see error ) or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay ( see error ) nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

* a runner, attempting a stolen base, is safe because a fielder is charged with an error on catching the ball, and in the judgment of the official scorer, the runner would have been out if the ball had been caught.

( This official scoring is almost never made ; an error is usually only charged if a bad throw or catch allows the runner to take an additional base, e. g., the runner attempts to steal second, the ball goes into the outfield, and the runner takes third as well.

In such an instance the runner is credited with a steal of second, with the error accounting for the advance to third.